Fellow Sacramento Skating Email Group Members,

I am forwarding the latest issue of the Inline Industry Newsletter.

IIN Line
The Inline Industry Newsletter

November 7, 2005 Edition
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SKATE INSTRUCTORS LEARN FROM PAST, PLAN FOR RESURGANCE Long Beach, CA
-- The United Skate Schools Group (ussg) Inaugural Instructor
Education Conference was held on Saturday, October 15th in conjunction
with the Long Beach International Marathon Expo. Participants included
ussg advisors, specialists, and instructor members from Canada and the
United States.
According to a press release from the group, by the end of the day
that a revival of inline skating and education is eminent. Targeting
women age 40 as the primary demographic, "fitness" was highlighted as
the single best reason to skate, further that it didn't need to be a
separate product category. See more at:
http://www.unitedskateschools.org/PressReleaseConference2005.htm

NEXT MEETING OF RECREATIONAL & FITNESS SKATING ALLIANCE OF NORTH
AMERICA SET FOR MIAMI 2006 The Ad-Hoc Recreational & Fitness Skating
Alliance of North America will be convening in Miami this spring in
conjunction with The Great EsSkate. The Great EsSkate has now posted
its entire festival schedule. Visit www.SkateMiami.com and click on
"schedule" for details. The next industry meeting is already
scheduled for 5:30 - 7:00 pm in the host hotel on Saturday of the
festival weekend. This will be the next meeting of industry members
and the goal will be to come up with ideas for action. Please start
to plan now for attending the event. When taking a look at the Great
EsSkate schedule, you will see it is an entire weekend full of
skating, fun, and food for an incredibly low price. We can't wait to
see you there!

ROLLERBLADE ROLLERDOME CELEBRATES 15TH YEAR The XV season of
Minneapolis' Rollerblade Rollerdome opened with a strong showing
according to owner/operator Mike Cofrin. Mike invites everyone
involved in the industry to come out and Roll-The-Dome this season!
See more, including the new 15th anniversary logo at: www.roller-dome.com

FREE SKATE LESSON PROGRAM EXPANDS FOR 2006 The Free Skate Lesson
program has expanded for 2006 to 14 participating skate schools in 12
major US cities with three additional schools scheduled to be added
soon. The goal of the program is to provide free introductory lessons
to the public, helping people safely take up the sport and reducing
the immediate dropout rate due to new skaters being unable to stop.
The program will be in its fourth year next year. It was started in
2003 by four Certified Skating Instructors and is now sponsored by
Rollerblade and Zephyr Adventures. See www.FreeSkateLesson.com for
more information on the program and
www.FreeSkateLesson.com/skateschools.htm for a list of participating
skate schools.

SPREAD THE WORD
On the suggestion of Ron Dennis, President of Mad City Rollers in
Madison WI, we encourage you to spread the word about IIN Line to your
local skate retail community in the grass roots spirit of our
movement. Every issue is designed to provide a digest of the latest
industry wide news that can help local retailers promote stronger
regional interest in skating and benefit sales. Start by forwarding a
copy of this newsletter and pointing them to our Yahoo! Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InlineIndustry/

SEND US YOUR NEWS
If you have news to share, please send it to IIN Line. Is your club
holding a new weekend festival? Did your skating event have record
participation this year? Is your retail store expanding to a new
location? Do you need to add to your staff? If so, please send us your
news & help wanted items.
Email: newsletter@... <mailto:newsletter@...>.

HELP WANTED
Inline Fitness Magazine is looking for industry contributors. What's
your specialty? Consider yourself an expert? Please contact:
publisher@... to discuss ways you can help this
fledgling magazine grow and promote yourself, your business and inline
skating.

WRAP UP
Thanks to those who are supporting this effort by contributing news
items and regular discussion on the Inline Industry Yahoo! Group. Keep
the momentum flowing – spread the word – and support IIN Line with
your information – Email Us: newsletter@...
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Till next time - let 'em roll!

Chris Howley
Editor - IIN Line
Founder - Inline Media, LLC
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OUR PURPOSE
The purpose of IIN Line is to keep industry professionals in North
America up-to-date on business news within the recreational and
fitness skating world. Our goal is not to replicate news featured on
other websites but to give you brief summaries of important events
about skating businesses, clubs, events, and more.

IIN Line is the result of a meeting held on September 16th, 2005 at
the Northshore Inline Marathon. 32 industry professionals met and
agreed to form a new organization designed to facilitate communication
among skating industry professionals. Everyone involved in the
recreational and fitness skating industry in North America is welcome
- Manufacturers, Clubs, Instructors, Retailers, Event Managers, Media,
etc.

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